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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Randy suggest his girlfriend deal with her stress?

2. Where was Randy when men walked on the moon?

3. What did Randy hate hearing from co-workers?

4. What did Randy appreciate about Jackie Robinson?

5. What promise did Randy make to his mother concerning his habit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Randy help a student who was upset about peer evaluations?

2. How did Randy say he felt about his cancer diagnosis at the end of the lecture?

3. How did Randy define experience?

4. Why did Randy send thin mints to colleagues?

5. What caused Randy to believe so firmly in preparation?

6. What did the crayon box mean for Randy?

7. Why did Randy feel the way he did about his cancer diagnosis?

8. Why couldn't Randy give his message to his kids personally?

9. Why did Randy have Jai do something at the end of his lecture?

10. What was the Penguin Award?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Randy educate himself, and what effect did this have on his family?

Essay Topic 2

How did Randy and Jai meet, and what led to their relationship? What message did Randy send through sharing this story?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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